Alexandrovsky, Ivan Fedorovich

In 1835, after graduating from a real school, he came to the capital, all his subsequent life and activity was connected with St. Petersburg .

In 1857, I. Aleksandrovsky exhibited four views (from nature) at the next academic exhibition: “Camp on Mount Turga-Dag during the siege of the Chokh fortress in 1849”, “The devastated village of Tashkutur in Dagestan”, “Aul Karaburdaken” and “Mountain” Elbrus near Kislovodsk. " The works of the young artist were noticed and awarded his title of artist (non-class). I. Aleksandrovsky becomes a teacher of drawing and drawing, first in private schools and provincial schools, and then in one of the St. Petersburg gymnasiums.

In the early 1850s, he opened "his own photographic institution of the city of Alexandrovsky" and achieved great success in the new business. Over time, he became so famous in St. Petersburg that he was invited to the court. I.F. Alexandrovsky makes portraits of the tsar , members of his family and close associates. In 1859 he became one of the first Russian court photographers in Russia.

In 1852, he proposed a device for receiving stereo photographs ^[1] .

In 1854, the master of the painting workshop, I. Alexandrovsky, was granted the privilege by the Department of Trade and Manufactures for “an apparatus for taking two images needed for a stereoscope at the same time and with the same machine”. At a photographic exhibition in St. Petersburg in 1889, I.F. Aleksandrovsky exhibited the first stereoscopic images in Russia, which he made with his camera back in 1852.

Creator of a torpedo ( 1865 ) and the first mechanically-driven submarine in the Russian fleet (built at the Baltic Shipyard in 1866 ), in which compressed air served as a working medium .

In September 1866, Alexander II visited a submarine in Kronstadt . The tsar was accompanied by great princes and a large retinue from the Russian fleet. Going down into the boat, the emperor with interest acquainted with its structure. An explanation was given by the inventor. “Extremely cleverly invented,” the king concluded and expressed the hope that the boat could still be “improved.” The work of I.F. Aleksandrovsky had a huge impact on the development of not only domestic but also the world of underwater shipbuilding.

In 1877, the inventor I. Alexandrovsky developed autonomous diving equipment in compressed air. He tried to embody it as a purely sabotage weapon underwater warfare called "Underwater Tarantas." Transporting a cart loaded with cans of compressed air and explosives, divers could stay under water for almost 3 hours. However, the project did not go beyond creating a prototype and successfully testing it.

At the end of his life, having spent all his money on inventions, I. Aleksandrovsky completely went bankrupt. Appeals to the authorities remained unanswered. Severely ill I. Alexandrovsky was placed in one of the hospitals for the poor in St. Petersburg. In 1894, at the age of 77, forgotten and abandoned by everyone, Ivan Fedorovich Alexandrovsky passed away.

On October 24, 1866, Aleksandrovsky was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree ^[2] .

In the same 1866, he was awarded the title of titular adviser.

April 20, 1869 awarded the rank of college assessor.

March 28, 1871 was awarded the title of court adviser ^[2] .

He was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree. ^[3]

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  The south coast of Crimea. Simeiz. Mount Cat. 1887

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  Russian camp near Gunib. 1895

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  View of Gunib. The end of the XIX century.

• Volynets A. Russian torpedo. The successes and failures of the world's first torpedo submarine

• Creator of the world's first torpedo
• Biography on the Chronos website